{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Jetwing Lighthouse | former_name = Lighthouse Hotel | logo = | logo_size = 250px | image = Jetwing Lighthouse - panoramio.jpg | caption = | location = Galle, Sri Lanka | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | coordinates = {{coord|6|2|31.92|N|80|11|41.28|E|display=inline}} | opening_date = 7 June 1997 | closing_date = | developer = | architect = Geoffrey Bawa | operator = Jetwing Hotels | owner = Lighthouse Hotel PLC | number_of_restaurants = | number_of_rooms = 85 | number_of_suites = 5 | floor_area = | floor_count = 3 | parking = | website = [http://www.jetwinghotels.com/jetwinglighthouse/ Official site] | footnotes = }} '''Jetwing Lighthouse''' or '''Lighthouse Hotel''', is a five-star franchise hotel, operated by Jetwing Hotels, located in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is just north of the Galle Fort on the Indian Ocean coastline.
== Geography == The hotel is situated in Galle, the capital of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka and is located on a rocky promontory {{convert|1.61|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north of Galle Harbour, on a site once occupied by a Circuit Magistrates' bungalow.<ref name="ArchNet"/>
== History == The hotel was commissioned by Herbert Cooray in 1995 for his travel company Jetwings and designed by Geoffrey Bawa.<ref name="ArchNet">{{cite web | url=http://archnet.org/collections/10/sites/3046 | title=Architect's Archives - Geoffrey Bawa : Lighthouse Hotel | publisher=Archnet | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> The Lighthouse Hotel, as it was originally known, opened on 7 June 1997.<ref name="ST1">{{cite news | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070610/TV/tv_9.html | title=Lighthouse Celebrates a decade of excellence | newspaper=Sunday Times | date=10 June 2007 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> The hotel initially had 60 rooms and three suites, two restaurants, a swimming pool and recreational facilities.<ref name="ST1"/>
== Architecture == The Lighthouse hotel was one of Geoffrey Bawa's last major projects.<ref name="Boston">{{cite news | url=https://archive.boston.com/travel/getaways/asia/articles/2010/12/26/on_a_small_island_a_gigantic_talent_grew/?page=2 | title=On a small island, a gigantic talent grew | newspaper=Boston Globe | last=Hardy | first=Michael | date=26 December 2010 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> The post-modern minimalist hotel reflects the 17th-century Dutch fort at Galle,<ref name="ST2"/> in that it looks down on the ocean from atop a rocky promontory. A semi-circular drive leads visitors to a traditional stone façade. A small portal opens to an enclosed entry plaza, which features a spiral staircase, with intricate bronze and copper sculptured balustrading, topped by a blue-tiled Moorish dome.<ref name="Boston"/> The sculptured balustrading, depicting the 'Battle of Randeniwela' between the Sinhalese and the Portuguese, was designed and constructed by Ceylonese architect/artist Laki Senanayake.<ref name="ArchNet"/><ref name="ST2">{{cite news | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970608/plus7.html | title=An elemental experience | newspaper=Sunday Times | date=8 June 1997 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> The main lobby is a lowly lit space that accented by sunlight pooling on the polished concrete floor. The room almost appears to reach the vast blue Indian Ocean beyond. The rest of the property unfolds through a series of immaculately sculpted pools, courtyards, and stairs – which almost seem to be part of the natural landscape. Bawa made a number of the natural boulders the focus of the hotel, framing views of them from the air-conditioned dining room and the open-air lounge.<ref name="Boston"/> The rooms feature teak floors, hand-carved furniture and original paintings,<ref name="Boston"/> by Barbara Sansoni and Ena de Silva.<ref name="ST2"/>
In 2013 the hotel was expanded with the addition of a new wing, adding an additional twenty rooms and two suites, together with a new restaurant.
== Facilities == The hotel currently has 85 rooms, three restaurants, two outdoor pools, and a spa.
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== External links == * [http://www.jetwinghotels.com/jetwinglighthouse/ Official site] * {{cite book | author=Robson, David | date=2002 | title=Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works | place=London | publisher=Thames & Hudson | pages=212–215 | isbn=9780500341872 }}
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